Election 2014: Gatewood forum Sunday on I-591, I-594

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With ballots going out in mid-October, the “November 4” election is closer than it seems. Just announced by Rev. Erik Kindem from Peace Lutheran Church in Gatewood, a forum this Sunday on two of the statewide initiatives you’ll be voting on:

Peace Lutheran Church is hosting a forum on two firearms-related initiatives that will be on the ballot in November: I-594 (text here) and I-591 (text here).

. I-594 would expand current criminal background-check requirements to include all gun sales and transfers in Washington State with specific exceptions.

. I-591 would limit the circumstances in which firearms can be confiscated and would limit the ability of government agencies to require background checks.

Stacy Anderson from FAN (Faith Action Network) will be leading the forum, which will begin at 12 noon. Peace Lutheran is located at the corner of SW Thistle and 39th Avenue SW in West Seattle. Members of the public are invited to attend.

G September 26, 2014 (10:21 pm)

Are churches PAC’s now? Maybe we should start taxing them.

ChefJoe September 27, 2014 (9:41 am)

594 would require a background check on even the most temporary of transfers, like loaning a gun to a friend so they could take it to the shooting range for a day. Would the police enforce it against those temporary transfers? Can’t know for sure, but I find it odd that the initiative specifically exempts law enforcement from having a background check run for their guns.

If we can’t presume that a citizen’s background check is valid from one day to another (requiring a new check at each purchase/transfer) then why should law enforcement officers be presumed to pass the checks and be exempted?

Also, most of the specific exemptions for family are tied to the gun being a “bona fide gift” meaning your brother can give you his old shotgun outright but you couldn’t give him $100 for it. Why require it be a bona fide gift between family ?

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